Toy



Sept. 20, 1932. L D REM S 1,877,826

TOY

Filed June 8, 1931 INVENTOR 14z M Patented Sept. 20, 1 932 I 1 STATES" TENT eerrcle I n. I I i TOY Application new s, 19a1-. serialno. 542828.

My present inventioiiv relatesjt'ojtoyfgreen staricesfthe glass-may consist'o'f two or more; houses, and aimsto devise articles ofthegenseparate nieinbe'rs held' .in the eral' character specified Which are s'iinple inj frame; '.l hese frame nieinbers, containingconstruction Whichrnay be conveniently and their glass nie'n bers; are eontrnet ed and may- V economically fabricated'aiidassemblechwhieh' be'agsseihbled in the manner which-{Will noW- are neat a'ncljattractive in appearance, beldeseribed in commeraemaami herein? Whichgive the appearance orsembla nee of; Taking. the side members 11 and 12; for allot-house having a series of small ane-ear; example, to' commence with, and, assumingglass in'its side, end androof members; but that'thesideinernbers11and 12-aresimilarly,

lo- Without the actual necessity of haviiigthe constriictedso that it will be necessary to deglass portions of suelisideandroofmembers" seribe iiidetail only one of suchmembers the made up of separate panes of glass, which s deinernber l l fo r example,;may comprise; Would,' of course; add greatly to" the cost; the frame 111" which may be madenp f of the device and'renderiit ery fragile and foiir frame nelnbers llg 1 1;3 1.1 nd.1 1 5 I P 5% more liable to nj d br k gthg -gthfl which rnay be rnortised together or otherwise 3 Wise. Other objects andadi' antagesf off the suitably secure-d attheir corners The frame! devices of thepr'esent invention will inpart' thus made mayhold-secnrelyin position a-lat be'po'intedout in detailfhereinafter,andwill' tree or screen 116, which may be Iriade ofstifi V in part be obvious to those .skilledfin theart; W1re,sothat"wyhen thepane of glass 11?, also.

to which the'present"inventionjrelatesi a h ld 1n the frame 111 andpreferably posi-jo Inthe accompanying speoifi fationlshall} lQned-heh lld hejlat ice 0r sreen;1l6,-; is seen describe, and'in the annexed draw ingishow h lgh SQ 'h'lattICQ o'r sereen theside ll' of;

' an illustrative emhodiinentof the presentin? hejtdy greenhouse 110W being describedwill;v vention. It is, howevergt'o'be'clearly'linder i appearto contain aiseries of small panes of- 253 stood that my inventionis notlilnite'd ttjthe glass, Whereas,'-infact itfc i t Oi'onlyfi 3 specific embodiment thereof herein" Single'pane QI EfglaSS.' Atithe same time, the and described for pu'r'poses o f" illtistration creen orlat e 'W Q' T B 0 l only. V J I thestrupture andto protectthe'paneofglass H Ref in t th d ifig; i whih'lfhave 117. As already lndicated theside 1215-0011; shown the aforesaid'illustrative embodiment d slmlla'rly to theside' ll just described 80 of the present'inventiong V 1 ,j N f 111 19 341 1 r i Fig. l'is perspectiveview ofthedei icej 'R r gi owt theen w l l3 nd Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Q f F115? 1 31 1 1 C0I $1 O 7 Fig. sis an'end elevationof'the'sanie'; hab W 1 bene j eryfi j d scrlbe q ly el Referring 'now'to the aforesaid illustrative 141 6 W l S, S l9 ;the end Wal l114 It 35 embodimentof the'presentinvention,1O in'd'i hQ QbQS'Q BGd that the oorner portions 1 7 cates the bottom or floor 'mein'ber whi'h and, 18 may be lntegral withtheend-per; be made of a -solid piece imam-army be qns l nd,l4; 11 1 Winch case the reit'erenee pieced together in any desired fashion. har t 7* n 8 d s ne y q e'nerate Associated-With the floororb'ottom mend 'er Q- P R mp e fmmefi berlO are a' plurality ofside nie'rnber'sl1l'and' and inserted L anes of glass together With- 12, end members 13' and'l l; afid roe'fmem; screen or lattice members b t thenpper o'er-1 bers and 'l6"e'rnbodyingi ftheeorner p'ort'ion's f 1: p i ns f t e end fvfifalls 13 a r1d 14 with v 17 and is,re pe'ctively. Itmay'here'bestat edf Which-they are integralinfallrespects." V

' in general that each of the 'si'de,'eIi d 'ancliroo'f DeSC Iibi gn'o'w he 'e'nd wall' l c the Hppfehps member's referred wis'made'up armecmngt; or cor'r'l fer piortion of has been c lesig-f lar or square fl me; in"thefcase of the end; nated referehee chara ct er-18 l have here members,'embbdyingjan ul'ai fram'po'rtidfi gi? a Heme-wen; 141, Inadeu1 ;;of; fiye preferably of ood; 'isfiinselrted jaf' insteadfof fonr members flfop exam; 5 single pane of glass, although in' ce'rt'ai'n in ple; the members 142, 143; 144, 145 and 146.

The frame members 142, 143, 144, 145 and 156 may be held together by having their joints mortised or otherwise suitably secured together. Here, also, as in the case of the side member 11, there is held within the frame the screen or lattice work 147 behind which is positioned the pane of glass 148, so that such pane of glass, seen through the lattice or screen member 147, appears to consist of a series of small panes of glass. Here the screen or lattice member 147 serves to reinforce the device and to protect the pane of glass 148, while giving the appearance and effect of a series of small panes of glass.

I come now to the roof members 16 and 15. Except that the roof member 15 is hinged, as at 19 and 19' to the roof member 16, such roof members are substantially identical in construction and it will be sufficient for the purposes of the present specification to describe but one of them. Taking the roof member 15, for example, the same comprises the frame members 151, 152, 153 and 154, which may be mortised together at their points or corners, or otherwise suitably secured together, in a manner which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates. The frame, generally designated by reference character 155, now has inserted therein the screen or lattice work 156 f behind which is located the pane of glass 157.

It may here also be stated that the various 'the structure as a whole.

The screen or lattice work 156, therefore, serves the purpose of reinforcing the roof member 15 and to make the single pane of glass 157 appear as if made up of a series of small panes of glass.

As already indicated,the roof member 15 is hinged to the roof member 16 which is preferably rigidly secured to one of the side members and to two of the end members of This makes it possible therefore to lift or raise the roof member 15 swinging the same about the hinges 19 and 19 so as to provide access to the interior of the structure as a whole.

It may here be stated that each ofthe members making up any of the frames of the side," end and roof members is provided with a groove or channel in its inner edge surface to receive the pane of glass or lattice member.

members making up the structure may be suitably secured together by any desired means, preferably byra series of screws which will therefore permit the device to be packed and shipped flat, and to be assembled in an altogether convenient and simple manner upon arrival at its destination.

For example, the side members 11 and 12 and the end members 13 and 14, respectively, may be secured along their bottom edge portions to thefloor orbottom member 10 by a series of screws 20 passing through the bot tom member 10 into the low'er frame members of the side and end walls of the device.

It may here also be stated that the end members may be so dimensioned as to be included at their sides within the end portions of the side members. Accordingly, the side and end members may be secured together by similar screws passing through the end portions of the side members into the adjacent end portions of the end members.

Finally, the roof member 16 may be secured by similar screws to the end members, and also to the top portion of the side member 12, the roof member 15, as already stated, being hinged at 19 and 19 to the roof member 16 so as to be capable of being swung about the hinges 19 and 19 to give access to the interior of the structure as a whole.

In conclusion, and in order to increase the similitude of the device to a real greenhouse, and also to reinforce the structure as a whole and to give it solidity and proper appearance, I provide a plurality of stands or benches 21, each of which may be made up of supporting blocks of wood or other suitable material 21 and 22, and a cross block 23, to which frustro-conical blocks 24 in the shape of flower pots may be secured, provided with the ornaments 25 giving the appearance of potted plants. These may be secured by screws or otherwise through the bottom or floor member 10 passing into the end blocks 21 and 22 of each of the stands or benches 20. The ends 28 and 28 of the stands or benches 20, should be such as to come, almost into contact with the interior faces of the panes of glass held in the side members 11 and 12, thus to assist in securing them in place in their respective frames so as to render the whole device more rigid and secure against injury and displacement.

This completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention. The construction of such embodiment will, it is believed, clearly appear from the foregoing description. Likewise, the manner of assembling the device will clearly appear from the foregoing description and may be briefly summarized as follows:

The various bottom, or floor, side, end and roof members having been prepared in advance and arriving in disassembled or flat condition, together with the screws, panes of glass, screens or lattices, and hinges, the floor member is first taken, and then either the op posite side members or the opposite end members, or any or all of these in any desired succession, may be secured to the bottom or floor member by the screws already referred to. The fixed'roofmember is then appliedto the end members and the associated side member and then the hinges applied to the ridge pole portionof the roof member, after which the hinged roof member is attached tov the fixed roof member by the hinges already referred to.

in which the side, end and roof members arev each made up of a series of panes of glass,. although here but a single pane of glass is used which is given the appearance of a series of small panes of glass by lattice members or screens which not only serveto givethe solid pane of glass the appearance of being made up of a series of small panes of glass, but which serve also to reinforce the structure and to protect the large panes of glass. The stands or benches containing the repre sentations of flower pots and contained plants serve also to reinforce the device and, in particular, to hold in proper posltion the panes of glass in their respectlve side and end frames. It may here be stated that, if so desired, each of the plants 25' may be constructed of an approximately exact or'even scientific representation of a particular variety of plant or shrub and may bear a label 26 giving the name, common or scientific, or both,'as desired, of the particular plant represented.

Other superiorities and advantages of the present invention, particularly as exemplified in the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the same, will readily occur to those skilled Y in the art to which the present invention relates.

lVhat I claim as my invention is; A toy greenhouse, comprising a supporting bottom member, and a plurality of associated side and end members carried by said supporting bottom member, each of said side and end members comprising a plurality of channeled frame members forming aframe, and a pane of glass and a covering wide-mesh screen member carried by said frame in the channels of said channeled frame members.

In testimony, whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 14th day of May, 1931.

LAURA DOREMUS. 

